Sam Buchanan
{{short description|English actor}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sam
Buchanan
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1997|6|21}}
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2019-present
}}
Sam Buchanan is an English television and film actor. His television roles include Such Brave Girls (2023). His film roles include Back to Black (2024) and My Fault: London (2025).
Early life
He is from Kent. He left college with a Performing Arts BTEC and then graduated with a BA from the ArtsEd Acting program in 2019.{{cite web|url= https://voicewhatmatters.com/voice-work-the-acting-craft-conversation-with-sam-buchanan/|website=Voice What Matters|accessdate=19 February 2025|title= Voice Work & the Acting Craft: Conversation with Sam Buchanan|date=July 11, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.numeronetherlands.com/in-conversation-with/in-conversation-with-sam-buchanan|website=numeronetherlands.com|accessdate=19 February 2025|title=In Conversation With Sam Buchanan|first=Jana|last=Letonja}}
Career
He had a role as Fitzy in EastEnders in May and June 2021, until the character became a victim of knife crime.{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/g36508600/eastenders-spoiler-pictures-linda-carter-collapse/|website=Digital Spy|accessdate=19 February 2025|title= EastEnders reveals Linda Carter's shock collapse in 22 spoiler pictures|date=30 May 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a36568198/eastenders-spoilers-callum-blames-himself-stabbing/|website=Digital Spy|access-date=19 February 2025|title= EastEnders spoiler: Callum blames himself for Fitzy's stabbing|date=8 June 2021}} He had a part in a not-for-profit verbatim production of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, called Value Engineering which was filmed and broadcast on Channel 4 with the title Grenfell.
He had a role in 2022 video game Marvel's Midnight Suns.{{cite web|website=Screen Rant|access-date=19 February 2025|url=https://screenrant.com/midnight-sons-marvel-things-comic-fans-know/|title= Midnight Sons: 9 Things Only Comic Fans Know About Marvel’s Supernatural Event|date=9 May 2021|first=Shaurya|last=Thapa}} He had the role of Bash on 2023 video game Ten Dates.{{cite web|url=https://completexbox.co.uk/features/ten-dates-interview/|website=Completexbox.co.uk|accessdate=19 February 2025|title= Ten Dates Interview with Sam Buchanan and Charlie Maher|first=Dan|last=Boise|date=18 February 2023}} That year, he appeared as Billie's on/off boyfriend Nicky in Kat Sadler's British comedy drama series Such Brave Girls.{{cite web|website=The Guardian|accessdate=19 February 2025|first=Lucy|last=Mangan|date=22 November 2023|title= Such Brave Girls review – properly brutal and properly funny|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/nov/22/bbc-such-brave-girls-review-properly-brutal-and-properly-funny}}{{cite web|url= https://screenrant.com/such-brave-girls-cast-characters/|website=Screen Rant|title= Such Brave Girls Cast & Character Guide|first=Kayla|last=Laguerre-Lewis|date=Dec 15, 2023|accessdate=19 February 2025}} He also appeared in Amazon Prime Video thriller series The Power.{{cite web|url= https://deadline.com/2021/02/the-power-rob-delaney-alice-eve-edwina-findley-recur-amazon-thriller-1234689052/|website=Deadline Hollywood|accessdate=19 February 2025|title= ‘The Power’: Rob Delaney, Alice Eve & Edwina Findley Among Cast Additions On Amazon Thriller|first=Alexandra|last=Del Rosario|date=February 8, 2021 }}
In 2024, he could be seen as Nick Shymansky in the Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black, the singer's early manager when she released her debut album, and a character who encouraged her to go to rehab. {{cite web|website=Collider|url=https://collider.com/back-to-black-amy-winehouse-movie-cast/|title= 'Back to Black' Cast Guide: Who Is Starring as Amy Winehouse?|date=17 May 2024|first=Isabella|last=Soares}}{{cite web|website=People|url=https://people.com/amy-winehouse-biopic-cast-versus-real-people-8649884|title= See the Amy Winehouse Biopic Back to Black Cast Side by Side with Real People|first=Jack|last=Smart|date=17 May 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/back-to-black-review-amy-winehouse-biopic-marisa-abela-1235869498/ |website=Hollywood Reporter|first=Leslie|last=Felperin|date=9 April 2024|title= ‘Back to Black’ Review: Flawed but Affecting Amy Winehouse Biopic Benefits From Marisa Abela’s Intensely Physical Performance |accessdate=19 February 2025}} He appeared in HBO series Get Millie Black.{{cite web|url= https://tellyvisions.org/article/watch-get-millie-black-official-trailer|website=Telly Visions|accessdate=19 February 2025|title= Tamara Lawrance Thrills in the 'Get Millie Black' Trailer|date=10 November 2024}} That year, he featured in the second series of BBC One drama series Sherwood as Nicky Branson.{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/aug/25/sherwood-recap-season-two-episode-one-welcome-to-shottingham |website=The Guardian|date=25 August 2024|title= Sherwood recap: series two, episode one – welcome to Shottingham|accessdate=19 February 2025|first=Michael|last=Hogan}}
In 2025, he appeared as Ronnie in the young adult romantic drama film My Fault: London.{{cite web|website=Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=19 February 2025|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/amazon-prime-video-uk-my-fault-london-mercedes-ron-1235906062/|title= Amazon Announces U.K. Original Film ‘My Fault: London’ Based On ‘Culpables’ Books|first=Lily|last=Ford|date=22 May 2024}}
Partial filmography
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2021
| Fitzy | 4 episodes |
| 2023
| Terry | 3 episodes |
| 2023
| Nicky | 5 episodes |
| 2024
| Nick Shymansky | Feature film |
| 2024
| Sherwood | Nicky Branson | 2 episodes |
| 2024
| Harrison | 1 episode |
| 2025
| Ronnie | Film |
| 2025
| Dr. Feelgood | |
| 2025
| Kavan | |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|nm10862598}}
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Category:21st-century English actors